Archive for June, 2010

On May 13 a 57 year old woman was killed in a Nashville car wreck on I 40.  A black SUV is suspected as having hit her in the rear and causing her to lose control. If you have information about a Black SUV that was on the scene on this date, please contact the Metro Police or reply to this blog.

This poor lady was killed. Was there insurance for the family left behind?  Maybe. The kind of insurance that can provide for your family if you are killed in a Nashville hit and run accident is called “uninsured motorist coverage”

Unfortunately, getting the insurance company to pay an “uninsured motorist claim” isn’t always easy. You have to be able to prove you left the road (that’s what happened here) because of someone else’s bad driving. When there are eyewitnesses or an arrest, it’s easy. In a case like this you have to take advantage of physical evidence at the scene and property damage on the car, and it may require expert testimony.

If you are a victim of a hit and run accident in Tennessee, you will need legal help if you are making a claim using your uninsured motorist coverage.

If you or anyone you know has been killed or suffered a personal injury in Nashville, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Nashville personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here. No matter what you do, before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster, read our materials on dealing with insurance adjusters first!

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved. Contact us before you settle your case with an insurance adjuster!

Tennessee car accidents often involve DUI drivers or drivers who have been using drugs. It’s rare that they admit what they did or take responsibility.

That’s why your best choice is to hire a Tennessee attorney familiar with Tennessee automobile accident law and cases against drunk or drugged drivers.

A recent case of ours involved a client who was minding his own business on a weekday morning. He had just dropped off his daughter at school.  A young man crossed over, ran his car into my client and drove him off the road. The client’s car rolled several times.

The young man who hit him?  His story was that he had “fallen asleep”. He had started the night before and taken some Xanax that didn’t work – he met two women at a gas station who he asked for directions to an ER, they assured him he didn’t need to go to the ER, and told him they would take him home with them, give him some cocaine, and everything would be ok in the morning. The took him home. He spent the night with the two women, who gave him cocaine, and then the next morning drove him to his car. Then he fell asleep and hit my client. This was his excuse. No apology. Click here to see the real thing.

If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a Nashville car accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Nashville personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here.

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running.

Car accidents in Tennessee are a fact of life, but serious injury and death can be avoided when seat belts are used.

Although seat belts are mandatory safety equipment, and are present in any vehicle involved in a Tennessee auto accident, they are not always in use at the time of the collision.

It’s not that Tennessee drivers haven’t improved, they have. In 2002 about 66% of Tennessee drivers wore their seatbelts (according to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration).  In 2009 seatbelt use was up to 80%!

Unfortunately, the national average for seatbelt use is 84%. In Texas, 93% of drivers are belted – 90% in Alabama. Why do so many more drivers in Texas and Alabama use their seat belts?  I have no idea.  We have had a “click or ticket” ad  and enforcement program in place for several years – so it’s hard to believe that Tennessee drivers don’t know about the importance of seat belts. For a closer look at the NHTSA data, click here.

If you or anyone you know has been injured or killed in a Nashville  car accident, please contact Nashville injury attorney Phillip Miller and the Tennessee  personal injury attorneys at Phillip Miller and Associates at (615) 356-2000, or contact our office online here.

One last thing: If you are hurt and have any questions at all, contact our office at (615) 356-2000. Don’t delay. Cases involving personal injury or death in Tennessee must be acted on quickly. Time is running. Call for an appointment, if it’s bad enough that you need to read this far into a website blog, it’s bad enough to get an attorney involved.